Twenty Two new Irish features and documentaries will premiere at DIFF this year but where can you see these films in Ireland after the festival? With the Warner Bros sale looming, rural cinemas closing and theatrical distribution growing more and more conservative, cinema exhibition in Ireland is facing into its most difficult year so far.

We have gathered a group of industry professionals to debate what we can do to save our cinemas and our audiences. The panel will include Ben Luxford Director of UK Wide audiences, BFI and DIFF '25 success story Swingbout's director and producer Maurice O'Carroll and Sinéad O'Riordan. They will give us an insight into their distribution journey and what's next for the film and their impending worldwide deal.